A manufacturing union allied with Australia's ruling government has proposed the Union Jack be removed from the country's national flag, unleashing a torrent of posts that misleadingly framed it as a ...

Australia’s national flag has become the latest battleground in a growing debate over the country’s identity, with one of the nation’s most influential trade unions arguing that its design still ...

As iconic as koalas and kangaroos, the Australian flag waves above each day—yet behind its stars and stripes lies a story few individuals know. For those who want to learn more and feel like ...

Burning the national flag is not a crime under current federal, state or territory laws and attempts over recent decades to change that have failed. In 2006, then-Liberal prime minister John Howard ...

Australia’s shadow assistant minister for defence has pledged to move a motion to make burning the national flag a criminal offence. Phillip Thompson, Liberal member for Herbert, Queensland, and who ...

Townsville City Council has marked the Australian flag’s 125th anniversary with a ceremony honouring the city’s place in the nation’s history. READ MORE. Townsville City Council recreated the first ...

When watching any sporting event featuring any of Australia's national teams, they are easily identifiable by their bright yellow (or gold) and green uniforms. Green and gold were formally proclaimed ...

Even after 125 years flying the Australian flag, staff at Parliament House in Canberra can still get it wrong. Commemorating the day the flag as we know it was first flown above the dome of Melbourne ...